llevamosvslloramosTell them apart

Which to use

“llevamos” and “lloramos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,798
“llevamos” frequency rank
#36,138
“lloramos” frequency rank
39936
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature llevamos lloramos
Definition Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de llevar o de llevarse. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del presente de indicativo de llorar.

Where the eye mixes llevamos and lloramos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. llevamos and lloramos follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
llevamos
8 ch
lloramos

Why the eye confuses llevamos with lloramos

A purely visual mix-up. llevamos ([ʝeˈβ̞amos]) and lloramos ([ʝoˈɾamos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39936, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

llevamos is recorded at frequency rank #3,798, classified as averb, pronounced [ʝeˈβ̞amos]. lloramos is at rank #36,138, tagged as averb, pronounced [ʝoˈɾamos].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 39936, this pair ranks #161,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of llevamos vs lloramos

Shared letters: almos. Private to "llevamos": ev. Private to "lloramos": r.

"llevamos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC  ·  "lloramos" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • llevamos ← lelvamos · levamos · lleavmos · llebamos · llevammos · llevamoss · llevamso · llevaoms
  • lloramos ← lloarmos · llorammos · lloramoss · lloramso · lloraoms · llormaos · llorramos · llroamos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "llevamos" for "lloramos" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ʝeˈβ̞amos] versus [ʝoˈɾamos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "llevamos" or "lloramos" show up more?
"llevamos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,798 in our Spanish list, against #36,138 for "lloramos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "llevamos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "lloramos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #161,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "llevamos" and "lloramos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lloramos vs llorosos". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #161,835 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list